Gearing up for Christmas

Less than THREE weeks until Christmas! How exciting!

Along with the season comes decorating, gift buying, and my favourite - baking!

We have some pretty long standing items that get made every Christmas. Without them I sort of feel like it wouldn't quite be Christmas time....so I've been on top of my game this year so I have things ready to go for when baby #2 decides to show up. My tree is decorated, all my Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers have been bought, and I'm half way through my baking. (Last week I could have said two-thirds done my baking buuuuut I ate a whole bunch so I have to make some more!)

Yesterday Chad went to his Christmas party - I didn't go since we had to put our names onto the guest list quite early and I really, really hoping to have this baby in my arms already (oh well...) - so I kept myself occupied with cookie decorating.

I love that ziploc bags double as piping bags so I decided to go a little fancier than a bowl of icing and a knife like I usually do. The trees turned out my favourite!

I also made candied almonds earlier this week.

I will be making at least another batch, or three, as Chad and I (okay, I'll be honest.....it was pretty much all me) ate the whole first batch already! They're just SO delicious. Sweet, salty, crunchy. Yum!

And this is what happens when you eat too much Christmas baking....you get a big belly like Santa. I'm not actually pregnant - this is the result of eating all the candied almonds *wink wink*

I'm kidding, I'm kidding....39 weeks pregnant today and very impatiently awaiting this little one's arrival!

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